The residential building has been remodeled by survivors———— and the entrance to the ground floor is stacked with hundreds of walls that have been moved out of various rooms. They are disorganized, and their only role is to stop the zombies in their tracks. There are also several water pipes cut through the middle by an electric drill to make a simple communicator that connects to each floor. In case of emergency, the guards downstairs only need to bang the pipe wall, and the people upstairs can hear it. However, the sound transmission effect is not only useful in times of danger, usually when you speak a little louder downstairs, the people upstairs can hear it clearly.

Lu Tao has been in the team for several months, and of course he knows these things. Although the bald head did not say it explicitly, his mouth and expression were full of strong warnings.

At risk?

Lu Tao's heart suddenly contracted, and he subconsciously clenched the knife in his hand. Seeing these actions, the bald head's eyebrows became more and more wrinkled, and he shook his head desperately, erecting his fingers to his lips, his fingertips and eyes facing up at the same time. Although he did not speak, he was a metaphor for the growing danger of danger.

Obviously, he wanted Lu Tao to leave quickly.

Upstairs was calm, no one was talking and there were no footsteps. This shows that the source of danger is not the zombies that are blocked above the sixth floor, but from other sources.

The survivors in this residential building are a team, but they are not necessarily very safe. The environment magnifies the ugliest part of human nature———— almost every hour, robbery and/rape/rape, deception and trickery are staged in this building. If it weren't for a special purpose, no one would leave their room.

Reason told Lu Tao that he had to leave here immediately.

After about half a minute of silence, he did not turn to leave, but once again clenched his knife and took steps towards the building.

The bald head was a little anxious, he reached out and grabbed Lu Tao's arm, tugged hard, and at the same time stared at his eyes, bared his teeth, put his right hand across his neck, and made a throat-cutting motion.

He still didn't make a sound, his teeth clenched together and his grinning lips combined into a terrifying mouth.

That's a "death" word.

Short, heart-wrenching silence.

Countless thoughts flew through Lu Tao's mind.

There is no doubt that someone is waiting upstairs trying to deal with himself. The safest and safest thing to do is to leave immediately and then go to Su Hao's camp to find someone to help.

But he had to go up———— he didn't want anything else in the room, except the album he had brought out of the house. It was brought by his father on the day of the blind date, and the other party's parents and parents were very good friends, and they all wanted to see what Lu Tao looked like when he was young. From birth to the present, those more than 200 photos record scenes of happy times.

Without them, Lu Tao didn't know what the point of living was there?

He was worried that things in the house would be turned over. The toughest guys on the team can do anything. Lu Tao must be desperate to keep the most treasures in his life.

Leaving now and finding a helper to come back is undoubtedly the safest and safest thing to do.

However, those who knew that they had returned, and it was likely that they would burn down everything in the house as a result.

Lu Tao didn't dare to take this risk, on the balance of life and faith, he had to choose the latter.

Lu Tao smiled and looked at the bald head with an anxious face, patted the other party's shoulder in a friendly manner, and walked up the stairs

The light in the corridor was very dim, and Lu Tao was tense, vigilantly slowly ascending step by step. Every time you go up a floor, there will always be a few swaying figures in the hallway. Holding all kinds of homemade weapons in their hands, they gathered around, looked at Lu Tao with playful and cold eyes, and followed him by stepping on his footprints.

Lu Tao quickly walked to the door of his room. He saw a burly man standing beside him, carrying a wooden stick with many nails on its top, with an evil smile on his face and a grim expression.

Lu Tao knows this person———— his surname is Xie, and he has forgotten what his name is, but he has a nickname called "Scorpion".

People don't know what Scorpion used to do, but they know that he is very good at fighting, and no one in this building is his opponent. Many people were willing to go out with him, and gradually, many survivors gathered around the scorpion, mostly strong men, but also young women who looked good but could not afford to go out in search of food.

Lu Tao never provoked right and wrong, he stayed away from the scorpion gang, and he didn't have any festivals. Thinking of this, he felt a little puzzled, and he didn't understand why the other party wanted to put on such a special formation for himself?

Lu Tao changed the knife in his right hand to his left hand, took out the key from his pants bag and prepared to open the door. When the key was inserted into the hole, he turned his head to look at the scorpion standing next to him, and noticed that the smile on the other party's face became more and more cold, and the people in the corridor and stairs also gathered around.

After thinking about it, Lu Tao turned the key to open the door. He didn't rush in, leaned sideways to make enough space, and said calmly to the scorpion, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The scorpion was slightly surprised, obviously not expecting Lu Tao to take the initiative to talk to him. He looked at the other man, and saw that the young man showed no hostility, so he grinned without smiling, strode into the room, looked at him casually, and sat down on the sofa with a loud voice. Several other people standing next to him immediately rushed in, and the stars surrounded him in the middle.

Lu Tao walked into the room last. He silently observed the situation in the room, and various emergency thoughts quickly flashed through his mind.

"College student, you're having a good time!"

The scorpion picked up a backpack full of food, unzipped it, took out a pack of "Oreo" cookies, tore it open, and unceremoniously stuffed it into its mouth. While chewing, he said with a cruel smile: "Our brothers are dying of hunger, but you have enough food and clothing here." Not! Let me see, what's in it all good? ”

As he spoke, he picked up his backpack and shook out all the contents with a "bang". A few canned tempehfish, packets of pickles, compressed biscuits and braised eggs, and some well-packed ham sausages tumbled off the floor at once.

"Tut-tut!"

There was a greedy glint in the scorpion's eyes. He picked up the can that had fallen under his feet, grabbed another backpack, and smiled expectantly, very hideous: "Hehe! It's all bottled water, there are so many. College student, it seems that you are usually very diligent! Got so many good things quietly. And voila! That's enough for us to eat for days. Perhaps, we should have a dinner tonight or something. ”

Lu Tao had been carefully observing the expressions on everyone's faces.

He was once again sure that he had no conflict of interest with the Scorpion Gang, and that he had never had a conflict. Especially the words that the scorpion said just now made his originally high heart lower a little.

"You're right. I really shouldn't have had so much food alone. ”

Lu Tao put down his backpack, walked to the closet, opened the cabinet door, took out a jar of accumulated candy, and dragged out two bags of rice from under the edge of the bed. After the last, together with a few pieces of cured meat stuffed in the leeward part of the balcony and covered with raincoats, they were all taken out and placed in front of everyone.

He is indeed very thrifty and very industrious. As various foods gradually piled up in the center of the floor, there were constant sounds of surprise in the mouths of the crowd. Some gasped, some shook their heads and smacked their lips, and some had a light in their eyes, eager to rush up and take it for themselves.

Finally, Lu Tao dragged out the basin containing the dough cake from under the bed, spread his hands, and said to the scorpion very sincerely: "These are everyone's. ”

The scorpion squinted at him, and the nail stick in his right hand struck the palm of his left hand down to the ground.

Lu Tao's performance was unexpected.

According to the original plan, the scorpion was ready to teach the young man a good lesson, and then snatch everything in the house.

He has done this kind of thing many times, and he has always taken a fancy to the people in the team who usually go out most frequently and gain the most. Although there are many resources outside, there are zombies everywhere, and it is far less safe than in the building. Instead of painstakingly searching for food from outside, it is better to "hunt" directly in the team. Especially looking at the frightened and helpless expression of the robbed object, the expression of grief and anger always makes the scorpion feel particularly exciting.

The scorpion thought that Lu Tao would resist, struggle, howl and fight with himself———— he couldn't be the opponent of his own people, the scorpion planned to cripple Lu Tao, break his hands and feet, and then throw him down from the upper floor.

Many people in this building have been disobedient recently, and they have come back from going out to give themselves a lot less "offerings". The scorpion needs to kill a few people to make the scheming know what the word "rules" really means. Let them know who has the final say in this building!

Lu Tao was very good, he took the initiative to hand over all the food, and his attitude was also very sincere.

This kind of unscrupulous performance makes the scorpion feel that it is not easy to handle———— it can be seen that college students do not hide their secrets. One of the teeth marks on the surface of the dough in the basin was clearly intended to be saved for the next meal.

The scorpion touched his smooth chin, and his gloomy gaze swirled on Lu Tao.

The situation was a little different from what I expected.

Since the other party has handed over the things and has not resisted, it is definitely not in accordance with the rules to continue to beat and kill people. Otherwise, others will feel ruthless and avoid it.

Lu Tao walked to the bed, lifted the mattress and took out the treasured album, and hugged it tightly in his hand.

This action caught the scorpion's attention.

He flipped through the album, but he didn't feel much fun, so he threw it to Lu Tao, half threatening, half sarcastically smiling: "I like to deal with smart people like you." It's good, you're sensible, much better than those stubborn guys. Hehehehe, it seems that you didn't go to college in vain. ”

Lu Tao didn't argue, just stood aside lightly, coldly watching the thugs who broke into the room pick up the food, you fight for me to quickly distribute it, and leave happily.

When calm returned to the corridor, Lu Tao walked out of the room. He locked the door as usual, carried the bag containing the album, armed himself, and walked down the stairs in silence.

The bald head was still guarding the door on the first floor, he looked at Lu Tao with pity, bent down and took out a nest made of cornmeal and soybeans from the cabinet next to him, and handed it over.

"I said don't go up, but it's not a way to hide, you have to come back sooner or later. It's good that you didn't fight with them, things are gone, and heroes don't suffer immediate losses, in fact, you can get food in many places outside, just take a little more time. ”

Lu Tao barely squeezed out a smile, took the nest head and took a bite. He had followed Wei Wenyuan out of the road since the morning, and there was nothing to eat on the way back and forth. The scene that happened just now was very thrilling, and it was only now that his nerves relaxed that he really felt hungry.

The nest head is very hard, but for Lu Tao, who is really hungry, it tastes very good.

He chewed hard, his head sullen and asked, "Why did the scorpion suddenly remember to trouble me?" ”

"He's going to get everybody in trouble. It's just that the time is sooner or later, in order. ”

The bald head looked around cautiously, lowered his voice, and said, "Why did you provoke Li Jie?" Don't you know that that woman is a sloppy woman? ”

"Li Jie?"

Lu Tao raised his head suddenly, his face stunned.

"yes!"

The bald head continued: "She went to the scorpion yesterday and said that she was willing to sleep with the scorpion for a few nights for free, and let the scorpion help break your legs, or cut off your hands." The scorpion asked her what she was for? She said she slept with you, but you were so stingy that you wouldn't even give you a biscuit. The people in this building knew very well what Li Jie was, of course the scorpion didn't believe it, so he took off his pants and her hard, and slapped her twice with his backhand. ”

"And then?"

Lu Tao asked expressionlessly. He knew that things were not so simple.

"This morning, Li Jie found the scorpion again. This time she put it another way. Say that you have a lot of food in your room, enough for a dozen people to eat for five or six days. She was afraid that the scorpion would not believe it, so she beat her again like last time, so she counted 1510 to the scorpion with her fingers. ”

"Count?"

Lu Tao chewed on the dry nest and asked suspiciously, "How do you count it?" ”

"Count the time you go out and return every day, and the number of times."

The bald head smashed his mouth, and his voice became deeper and deeper: "That woman is crazy. She's been keeping an eye on you, keeping track of the number and time you've been out and about every time you've been out for the past few weeks. She says you go out more often than anyone else, and you bring back at least two full backpacks at a time. The scorpion has been looking for someone to operate on recently, and as soon as Li Jie said this, he naturally chose you. It's good that you're smart enough to cling to those things. Otherwise, the scorpion will really use a knife to kill. Li Jie's woman is sassy and crazy, and the scorpion is no better. ”

Lu Tao stuffed the last piece of the nest into his mouth, chewed it viciously and swallowed it. He shook off the crumbs on his hands, looked at his bald head, and said seriously: "I know that there is a place in the road."

"You mean cigarettes and alcohol?"

The bald head quickly interrupted him, looked around worriedly, and whispered, "We'll talk about this in a few days." It's not enough for the Scorpions to get it back now. I don't want to."

"Nope! I didn't mean that. ”

Lu Tao corrected the mistake in the bald head's words: "I know that there is a team of survivors, and there are many people. They have weapons, they have food and water, and they are very safe to guard. The most important thing is that they are very united, and there are no rotten people like scorpions. ”

The bald head's eyes lit up: "Really? ”

Lu Tao nodded, pulled open his backpack, shook the album inside, and said, "If it weren't for this, I would have stayed there now." Let's go together! Be neighbors with a bunch of crazy people, and sooner or later you will die at their hands. ”

The bald head hesitated, his face a little embarrassed: "Leave now?" In a little while it will be dark and there will be zombies everywhere outside. ”

Lu Tao fastened the strap of his backpack and said in a resolute tone: "It's not safe to continue to stay overnight. Zombies only have teeth and claws, but madmen have knives in their hands. ”

The last sentence made the bald head think of the cruelty of the scorpion. He felt a cold sweat break out on his back, and subconsciously nodded his head again and again.

A few minutes later, two men moved out of the furniture blocking the entrance to the building and pulled out their bicycles from the green belt.

Looking at the bicycle, Lu Tao instinctively remembered the target he was tracking this morning, so he asked more: "What about Wei Wenyuan?" Why didn't you see him? ”

The bald head replied: "I don't know what to do." He never came back after he left. ”

Even though the survivors covered the windows with felt cloths, there was still a faint light coming through the gaps in the edges. In the dark night, these blurred rays of light give the bank building a faint outline.

Wei Wenyuan stood in a small clothing store facing the street. Through the smashed glass door, a tricycle could be seen parked on the street outside.

The shop is about a kilometer away from the bank building, and the location is remote, and there are no zombies nearby.

In addition to Wei Wenyuan, there was another man in the store. He lay in the corner, his hands and feet tightly tied, as if he were asleep.

Wei Wenyuan looked at the watch on his wrist, approached the unconscious man, took out the knife, reached out and patted the man's face, trying to wake up the other party. The man's reaction was very slow, which angered Wei Wenyuan. He simply grabbed the knife and slashed at the side of the man's face, cutting off the entire ear.

The suddenly severed nerve quickly transmitted back to the sharp pain, and the man suddenly woke up, and subconsciously opened his mouth to shout, only to find that his mouth was firmly strangled by a belt.

Then the dim moonlight outside the room, the man finally saw Wei Wenyuan's old and hideous face clearly.

"Old Wei?"

The voice was slurred, but he could understand what the man wanted to say.

He, like Wei Wenyuan, was a survivor of that residential building.

At noon today, in a square in the south of the city, the man met Lao Wei. He greeted him as usual, wanting to ask the other party to go to the nearby store to see if there was any windfall. But he didn't expect that Wei Wenyuan gave himself a stick from behind.

And then it's now.

Wei Wenyuan was carrying a knife in his hand and laughed panickedly.

The man's eyes were about to pop out. He struggled desperately, rolling and wriggling on the ground like a seal.

He didn't understand, how did this old man surnamed Wei suddenly become like this?

What did he want to do with the knife? Kill me?

This thought became stronger and stronger, Wei Wenyuan didn't say anything, and stood aside and looked at the man indifferently. Seeing that his face was full of horror, the blood on his face was getting thicker and thicker, his breathing was rapid, and his bound mouth made a rapid "whine" sound.